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The current Covid wave in England continues to slowly decrease, but the risk of meeting an infected person in your everyday life remains High. Covid infection levels in England have fallen to around 1 in every 154 people infected as of 10 November. We are still predicting a Christmas and New Year infection peak, as we have seen in every year since 2020.

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The current wave of Covid in England is plateauing, but the risk of meeting an infected person in your everyday life remains High. Covid infection levels in England have fallen to around 1 in 129 people in England infected as of 3 November. We are still predicting a Christmas and New Year infection peak, as we have seen in every year since 2020.

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The current wave of Covid in England is subsiding, but the risk of meeting an infected person in your everyday life remains High. Covid infection levels in England have fallen to around 1 in 122 people in England infected as of 27 October. We are still predicting a Christmas and New Year infection peak, as we have seen in every year since 2020.

Covid infection levels in England remained high but static last week, with around 1 in 99 people in England now infected with Covid as of 13 October. The risk of meeting an infected person in your everyday life remains Very High.

Covid infection levels in England have risen by 17% on last week, with around 1 in 91 people in England now infected with Covid as of 13 October. The risk of meeting an infected person in your everyday life remains Very High.

Covid infection levels in England remain Very High, with around 1 in 106 people in England infected with Covid (as of 6 October). Now is the time to get vaccinated and take precautions against catching Covid, because there is a significant risk of meeting an infected person in your everyday life.

WARNING: Covid infection levels in England are climbing very fast. Already, around 1 in 108 people in England are infected with Covid (as of 29 September). The risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life is still Very High, but rapidly approaching Extremely High. If you don’t want to catch Covid, now is the time to be taking precautions.

As predicted, Covid infection levels in England are rising fast, up 14% in the last week of data. The Autumn Wave of Covid is building rapidly. Around 1 in 156 people in England were infected with Covid as of 15 September, and the risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life is Very High.

The Autumn Wave of Covid has started in England, and we have raised our Covid risk level to VERY HIGH. Around 1 in 179 people in England were infected with Covid as of 8 September. We expect the risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life to continue to rise as we move through September.

Covid infection levels remain MODERATELY HIGH, but there are early signs that the Autumn Wave is building. Currently, around 1 in 196 people in England were infected with Covid as of 1 September. We expect the risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life to start rising again as we move through September.